Psychological mediators of relations between socio-structural variables and physical activity: A proposed mechanistic model
September 2023
Regular participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity has been associated with adaptive physical and psychological health benefits including lower risk of non-communicable disease and reduced...
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Social comparison in physical education: Impact of frames of reference, motives to compare, and self-determined motivation
September 2023
Physical education (PE) provides an important achievement setting for researchers to investigate social comparison processes, however, our understanding of how these processes function, and their consequences,...
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Experiences of postpartum mothers and a significant other in a dyadic physical activity programme
September 2023
•Interviewed postpartum mums/partners in 2 dyadic physical activity interventions.•Facilitators included increased accountability and physical activity commitment.•Barriers included lack of motivation...
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Relationship between self-determination theory and flow in the domain of sports and academics among student-athletes
September 2023
The purposes of the present study were to examine the domain specificity of flow and its relationships with different motivation regulations in sport and academic. The sample consisted of 224 competitive...
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Psychometric properties of the controlling coach behaviors scale for Japanese athletes
September 2023
Two studies examined the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Controlling Coach Behaviors Scale (CCBS). The CCBS is a multidimensional self-report measure designed to evaluate sports...
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Commitment in sport: Motivational climate, need satisfaction/thwarting and behavioural outcomes
September 2023
We examined whether motivational climate (autonomy-supportive coach climate; controlling coach climate) and basic psychological need satisfaction/thwarting (i.e., autonomy, competence, relatedness)...
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Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and mental well-being among Chinese adolescents in high-density cities
September 2023
•Adolescents living in high-density cities may face unique mental health challenges.•There was a positive association between the number of guidelines being met and mental well-being in adolescents.•Adolescents...
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Stability and transitions in school-aged children's physical education need satisfaction profiles: A latent transition analysis
September 2023
This study examined stability and transitions of school-aged children's self-determination theory-based need satisfaction profiles in physical education (PE) over three years. Participants were 1121...
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Physical activity and health-related fitness among Chinese older women: A test of self-determination theory
September 2023
Regular physical activity (PA) contributes to maintaining health and improving the quality of life among older people. This cross-sectional study investigates the associations between motivations derived...
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Penalty kicks as cross-fertilization: On the economic psychology of sports
June 2023
We review some topics in which soccer penalty kicks are related to phenomena in game theory, decision making and psychology. In particular, we discuss the game theoretic analysis of the kicker's and...
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Success breeds success: Physiological, psychological, and economic perspectives of momentum (hot hand)
June 2023
The literature on momentum (hot hand) is broad and diverse, and is addressed in a range of fields, including sports, marketing, finance, politics, and even warfare. Yet this term is readily (and often...
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A psychological analysis of complexity in sport: A chronology of destructive decision making at Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
June 2023
The current article aims to advance the use of complexity theory and organizational-level analyses in the psychology of sport literature. Consistent with this premise, it presents a case-study that...
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The role of action tendencies in expert anticipation
June 2023
The ability to anticipate the actions of opponents is a significant marker of expertise in many sports. The role of non-kinematic contextual information in anticipation has received increasing attention...
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Team decision-making behavior: An ecological dynamics approach
June 2023
Athletes act intentionally and adaptively for achieving task goals in sport performance environments. The ecological dynamics approach to decision making understands the performer‐environment system...
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Advancing judgment and decision-making research in sport psychology by using the body as an informant in embodied choices
June 2023
Successful sports performance often requires choosing what to do and how to do it in dynamic, complex, and uncertain environments. Thus, an understanding of the processes underpinning judgment and decision...
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Sports Performance Judgments - An Update From a Social Cognitive Perspective
June 2023
In a seminal article (Plessner & Haar, 2006) a social cognition approach was proposed as framework to study how people judge their own or others’ performance in competitive sport contexts. An important...
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The acquisition of perceptual-cognitive expertise in officiating in association football – state of the art
June 2023
Referees in sport are required to have specific perceptual-cognitive skills in order to make correct and consistent decisions. The current article explores those skills and describes the literature...
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The relationship between athlete leadership and communication: Analyzing social networks within Japanese sport teams
December 2022
Despite the recent advancement of athlete leadership studies, little is known about their applicability in East Asian countries such as Japan, and more importantly, their relationship to communication...
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Player perceptions of athlete leadership and leadership development in an English Premier League football academy
December 2022
The effective leadership of, and within, sports teams has consistently been highlighted to be an important factor impacting upon a range of outcomes including team performance, and team functioning....
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Mindfulness enhances changes in athletes’ subjective vitality: The moderating role of coach interpersonal style
December 2022
Research has found that mindfulness is positively related to subjective vitality. However, whether mindful athletes were shaped by environmental conditions has rarely been investigated. Therefore, based...
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Effects of parental support and coach-initiated motivational climate on young athletes’ psychosocial behaviors and well-being
December 2022
This study examined the effect of coach-initiated motivational climate and parental support on intrinsic motivation, enjoyment of sport participation, subjective vitality, sport-related violence, and...
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